Maelstorm, Yearning for her Thunderous Love. ( On Hold )

Thus it ended | Prologue

The meeting with Baal should be now.

You pondered the matter with extreme care. The message was delivered with haste a few hours ago by messengers, their faces pale from the extreme exhaustion of the run. Their message was to collect me and to be summoned in front of the Shogun.

(Y/N).

I request your urgent presence at the Tenshukaku. I expect you before the day's end.

That was all the report read. You looped it over and over, trying to find a sense of it. However, in the end, you couldn't figure it out. Perhaps it was the matter of the Futai penetrating the borders and conducting their activities within Inazuman borders. Perhaps it was just nothing more than a chat, however rare it may be at this hour.

This was not the first time you were assembled this late into the evening and was not an unregular occurrence. However, the urgency of the messengers and the report itself were enough to keep you on edge and alert at this hour.

A shuffling of feet interrupted your thoughts. "Lord Kiyoko!"

A servant ushered herself into the waiting chamber. "The Raiden Shogun is ready to welcome you." The servant proclaimed, You nodded in response. "It's best not to keep the Shogun idling," you commented, starting to walk towards the Shogun's imperial room.

The same servant trailed behind you and once you had reached the destination, the servant slid the door open to reveal the shogun, resting on a pair of Tatami mats. "Leave us." The Shogun's command went answered as the servant quickly left, sliding the door shut as she left.

"Sit. We have significant matters to discuss." She motioned her hand to the opposite mats across the short-legged table as her monotone voice commanded.

You did as you were told, sitting down on the mats opposite of hers. "What's the subject for this discussion, Shogun? Surely an emergency for this meeting so late in the evening." (Y/N) asked. "This is not an emergency, so you may put your mind at ease." The Shogun reassured.

"However, it involves my plans for eternity."

"As you know, the Sakoku Decree was announced days ago, closing the nation from the outside world." The shogun explained. "In line with this decree, I plan to enact another one."

Your subconscious now wondered with mysteries and concerns. You made your position of protest towards these isolationist policies clear to the Shogun, though she never seemed to acknowledge it. Even with your protests, you would enact her will regardless.

"What decree do you plan to enact?" You asked as you tried to remain as stoic as possible. The possibilities were endless within your mind, but you remained calm. Your features successfully hiding the distress that plagued your mind.

"The Vision hunt decree." The Shogun answered, her eyes closed as she so calmly replied. "As per the title, all visions will be seized under the Tenryou commission's surveillance."

"Almighty Shogun-"

"You can drop the formalities, (Y/N). You don't have to act so strictly around me." She cut you off, a small smirk crept onto her appearance.

"Ei, I cannot go through with this. I must protest." You said and the Shogun's displayed a mild shock. She knew you had already voiced your aversion towards most of her recent policies, yet she couldn't exactly put her finger on it as to why. "The people's ambitions are the largest threat to my promise to give them unchanging eternity."

"Ei, that's completely untrue." You reasoned, the Shogun again unexpecting your brash and straightforward response. "You and I know visions represent one's ambitions and desires, yet look around you. Can you still recognize this palace? The dresses on the servents back? They may look different from a hundred years ago, yet they still are from Inazuma. Their roots are from Inazuma." You explained.